The Wild-Style Puffer Jacket Has Arrived

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The down-filled puffer jacket is an absolute for when the bone-chilling days of winter outnumber the tolerable ones. When all the sweaters and scarves in your closet can’t fight the cold off, it’s time to turn to the puffer jacket, the lifesaving garment that will give you all the warm insulation you ever wanted—and then some. But for decades, the puffer jacket has earned a bit of a reputation as the drab, sleeping bag-esque coat you throw on when you want to tell the world you care more keeping warm than looking cool. Luckily, in a year that has seen men’s style get wilder and wilder, designers are making the winter staple feel fresh and new—and delightfully un-boring. Here are nine jackets that prove cold weather should never get in the way of a fire outfit.

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